Defy The Alpha(s)

Chapter 472: The Suspicious Teacher

Adele trudged back to her quarters, exhausted beyond belief. It had been a hellishly long day at the clinic since her workload had doubled, if not tripled.

Just days ago, she’d been at her office minding her business when there was sounds of commotion. She’d stepped outside only to find men in suits arresting every single worker and doctor in the vicinity, seizing anything they could get their hands on.

They hadn’t spared her either.

She’d been hauled off to the Lycanthrope Intelligence Agency (LIA), and interrogated relentlessly about her connection to Patrick Vales, or rather, Elias Turner.

They tried to be subtle, but Adele wasn’t stupid. She knew exactly what this was. Alpha King Elijah was under fire—cornered by President Roy—and scrambling to clean up the ignis mess. A mess they were still desperately trying to keep under wraps.

Because, really, what would happen if the public discovered a drug existed that could give them powers like werewolves, but without knowing the consequences?

Even though humans and werewolves now lived side by side, racism hadn’t magically vanished. Adele didn’t even want to imagine what a hateful human would do if they got their hands on something like that.

She was eventually released, but that didn’t mean she was over it. What pissed her off most was that Elijah had let her get taken. And for what? She knew practically nothing about ignis. Hell, she’d saved his precious heirs during the attack. And this was her thanks? That man didn’t know the first damn thing about loyalty.

Thanks to that incident, the hospital remained shut until further notice. But her clinic? It was still very much open. Unfortunately.

In an academy filled with aggressive werewolves and spoiled human brats who’d rather fake an injury than endure one of Commander Malakai’s classes, yep, life was thriving—note the sarcasm.

A vacation would have been nice at a time like this.

Sure, using her powers to heal was her life’s calling. But babysitting these entitled kids? Not so much. Elijah had brought her here to care for his heirs, not to run the entire damn school infirmary.

At this rate, she’d need an assistant. Or better yet, she’d just take over the whole damn hospital. Elijah owed her that much if he was going to turn her into a full-time employee.

with him later. For

moment Adele stepped

"What the hell?"

a tornado had ripped through the room, no, more like someone had ransacked the place with desperate, greedy hands. Furniture was overturned with the cushions tossed to the ground,

It was happening.

Adele’s neck as she rushed inside and there she was. Mary was

senses and turned her

Seers sanctuary, learning to control her powers. But Alice had insisted her "time here hasn’t been served

Adele picked one up and though the lines were erratic, she could still make it out a girl surrounded

Violet.

cardinal alphas and Violet Purple. Most were

began collecting the scattered pages. Several were odd fragments, unfinished sketches that didn’t make sense until she pieced them together like a puzzle. As she shifted the papers into place, the fragments formed an image and it

it scrawled in jagged handwriting

"Pine Ridge Lodge."

whispered it aloud, almost like a question. But Mary didn’t respond, still trapped in her trance, furiously

Adele reached out and touched her. Mary jolted upright with

around. Her hand loosened its death

softly, steadying her. "You’re safe

the final drawing, and this one was more detailed, more haunting than the rest. A girl was hunched over what looked like a wounded wolf, her hands pressed to its side....

followed her gaze and said, "I don’t

further convincing at all. She was already on her feet, turning back the same way

damn cardinal alphas were going

had to be with